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The Chicago River Swim is returning for 2025, this time without any detours to the beach. Organizers announced today the city has officially signed off on the event set for Sept. 21 in which 500 ...

It's scheduled for Sept. 21. It will be the first sanctioned swim in the Chicago River in nearly a century. The event was supposed to happen last year, but organizers were denied a permit and ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

CHICAGO (WGN) – Want to swim in the Chicago River? Now’s your chance! The Chicago River Swim (CRS) is officially coming back in September and will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, from 7 to 10 a.m. The ...

CHICAGO — For three Chicago area residents, it’ll soon be time to leave the dry banks of the Riverwalk and immerse themselves in the waters of the Chicago River. Olivia Smoliga, Dr. Derya Ozyurt and ...

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of people are jumping into the Chicago River willingly this weekend. The competitive open water race has been a long time coming downtown. This weekend's Chicago River Swim ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Following a recent open-water swim in the once-polluted Chicago River, the question was raised whether Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River could host a similar event, and if anybody was ...

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